{"id":17085,"date":"2025-10-06T23:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-says-orbital-data-centers-will-be-the-next-step-for-space-ventures-that-make-earth-better\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:47:14","slug":"jeff-bezos-says-orbital-data-centers-will-be-the-next-step-for-space-ventures-that-make-earth-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-says-orbital-data-centers-will-be-the-next-step-for-space-ventures-that-make-earth-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos says orbital data centers will be the \u2018next step\u2019 for space ventures that make Earth better"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251006-bezos-1260x928.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-893333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251006-bezos-1260x928.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251006-bezos-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251006-bezos.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, speaks at Italian Tech Week 2025 in Turin. (Italian Tech Week via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What\u2019s the next killer app for the final frontier? According to Jeff Bezos, it\u2019s a future fleet of gigawatt data centers, flying in orbit and powered by sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos \u2014 who founded the Amazon retail giant as well as his privately held Blue Origin space venture \u2014 pointed to the prospects for orbital data centers last Friday during a fireside chat at Italian Tech Week 2025 in Turin. He cast the technology as the most cost-efficient way to satisfy the tech industry\u2019s need for more power to fuel advances in artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t expect cloud computing to leave Earth behind immediately. Bezos estimated that the transition from Earth-based to space-based data processing would take more than 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bet it\u2019s not more than 20 years,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to start building these giant gigawatt data centers in space. So, these giant training clusters, those will be better built in space, because we have solar power there, 24\/7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Space-based solar arrays wouldn\u2019t face the weather-related limitations that terrestrial solar-power installations have to live with. Once the arrays are in orbit, the power is basically free. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be able to beat the cost of terrestrial data centers in space in the next couple of decades,\u201d Bezos said. \u201cSpace will end up being one of the places that keeps making Earth better. It already has happened with weather satellites. It\u2019s already happened with communication satellites. The next step is going to be data centers and other kinds of manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several commercial ventures are already working on plans to put data centers in space, including Seattle-based Starcloud and Sophia Space, a California-based startup with significant Seattle connections. Houston-based Axiom Space tested an Amazon Web Services Snowcone cloud-computing device aboard the International Space Station in 2022. This year, Axiom is gearing up to send its first Orbital Data Center nodes into low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s fireside chat, Bezos talked about topics ranging from advice for entrepreneurs (\u201cThe thing you always go back to is those customer needs\u201d) to the repercussions of an AI investment bubble (\u201cWhen the dust settles and you see who are the winners, society benefits from those inventions. \u2026 The benefits to society from AI are going to be gigantic\u201d).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeff Bezos &amp; John Elkann - Italian Tech Week 2025\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HB3Rq6ZLliM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Bezos turned to his agenda for space commercialization toward the end of the talk. Here are a few more tidbits from that part of the fireside chat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The next launch of Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket is due to take place at the end of October \u201cor maybe the first week of November,\u201d Bezos said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to launch our New Glenn vehicle, and we\u2019re sending NASA\u2019s Escapade satellites into orbit around Mars.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Bezos thinks there could be millions of people living in space within the next couple of decades. \u201cThat\u2019s how fast this is going to accelerate,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019ll mostly be living there because they want to. Our robotic technology is getting so good, we don\u2019t need people to live in space. Anything that we need done \u2026 we will be able to send robots to do that work, and that\u2019ll be much more cost-effective than sending humans.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>What works of science fiction would Bezos recommend to readers or viewers? He talked up novelist Iain M. Banks\u2019 Culture series, which also happens to be a favorite for SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Bezos said the series \u201chas such an interesting utopian take on the intersection of humanity and artificial intelligence.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s now been four years since Bezos stepped down as CEO and president of Amazon while retaining the title of executive chair. At the age of 61, Bezos said he\u2019s \u201cworking very hard\u201d on Blue Origin \u2014 and on AI. \u201cI\u2019m the least retired person in the world, and I will never retire because work is too much fun,\u201d he said. \u201cIt will never happen.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, speaks at Italian Tech Week 2025 in Turin. (Italian Tech Week via YouTube) What\u2019s the next killer app for the final frontier? According to Jeff Bezos, it\u2019s a future fleet of gigawatt data centers, flying in orbit and powered by sunlight. 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